GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Graduate student Kendall Cietek (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) completed her seventh hat trick of the season to lead the No. 12 New Haven (8-2, 6-2 NE10) women's lacrosse team in an 18-9 loss to the undefeated and No. 1 Adelphi Panthers on Wednesday at Motamed Field.

Cietek was one of five different Chargers to score on the evening, while she was tied with senior Caitlin O'Brien (Branford, Conn./Branford) with a team-best three points as O'Brien tallied a pair of goals and assisted on one other. Rounding out the leading scorers on the day was sophomore Mackenzie Reh (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) who scored a pair of goals and junior Jessica Mazliah (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) who dished out a pair of helpers. Senior Nicole Belanger (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) and sophomore Samantha Galler (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) also scored goals for the Blue and Gold.

Suffering the loss between the pipes for New Haven was freshman Gianna Guerra (Thiells, N.Y./North Rockland) who played a complete game in goal. Guerra closed out the contest with a career-high 12 saves, her first collegiate contest with double digit stops.   

SCORING

·         27:35 1st – ADE :: Jacqueline Jaheika unassisted

·         27:18 1st – ADE :: Jacqueline Jaheika; Free Position

·         25:11 1st – ADE :: Alison Johnson unassisted

·         22:19 1st – ADE :: Kate Beier from Alison Johnson

·         20:10 1st – UNH :: Mackenzie Reh (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) (1); Free Position

·         15:20 1st – UNH :: Mackenzie Reh (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) (2) unassisted

·         13:43 1st – ADE :: Michele Scannell; Free Position

·         10:08 1st – ADE :: Michele Scannell from Alison Johnson

·         9:56 1st – ADE :: Alison Johnson from Shea Weber

·         5:23 1st – ADE :: Casey Zalewski unassisted

·         4:48 1st – UNH :: Caitlin O'Brien (Branford, Conn./Branford) (1); Free Position

·         3:49 1st – ADE :: Alison Johnson unassisted

·         2:54 1st – UNH :: Kendall Cietek (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) (1); Free Position

·         1:56 1st – UNH :: Kendall Cietek (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) (2); Free Position

·         26:29 2nd – UNH :: Samantha Galler (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) (1) from Caitlin O'Brien (Branford, Conn./Branford) (1)

·         26:00 2nd – UNH :: Caitlin O'Brien (Branford, Conn./Branford) (2) from Jessica Mazliah (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) (1)

·         25:19 2nd – ADE :: Alison Johnson unassisted

·         23:54 2nd – UNH :: Nicole Belanger (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) (1) from Jessica Mazliah (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) (2)

·         22:51 2nd – ADE :: Kate Beier from Alison Johnson

·         22:28 2nd – ADE :: Kate Beier; Free Position

·         17:53 2nd – ADE :: Kole Pollock unassisted

·         16:13 2nd – ADE :: Michele Scannell; Free Position

·         13:05 2nd – ADE :: Jacqueline Jahelka from Alison Stackpole

·         9:24 2nd – ADE :: Jacqueline Jahelka from Alison Stackpole

·         6:10 2nd – UNH :: Kendall Cietek (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) (3); Free Position

·         4:02 2nd – ADE :: Kole Pollock unassisted

·         1:39 2nd – ADE :: Casey Zalewski unassisted

HIGHLIGHTS

·         Adelphi opened up the contest scoring the first four goals of the game, putting New Haven in a deficit they would not overcome.

·         New Haven broke up that early Panthers rally with back-to-back goals from sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Reh (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford). Those two goals came nearly five minutes apart with the first on a free position attempt and the second on an unassisted drive to the crease.

·         Those two goals for the Chargers came during a span when the Blue and Gold defense held Adelphi off the board for nearly 10 minutes, however the Panthers responded to their drought by scoring four-straight goals to take an 8-2 lead with five minutes remaining before the break.

·         The Chargers responded by scoring three of the final four goals in the half, to pull within four at the intermission, 9-5. All three of the goals at the end of the first half came as New Haven took advantage of Adelphi fouls, with Caitlin O'Brien (Branford, Conn./Branford) scoring one and Kendall Cietek (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) two, all of free position attempts.

·         The two goals for Cietek began what amounted to a four-goal rally for the Chargers, spanning the intermission.

·         Coming out of the halftime break, the Chargers would score three of the first four goals to pull within one, 10-8 with 23:54 remaining.

·         Samantha Galler (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) opened up the second half scoring when she connected with O'Brien for the tally, while O'Brien scored her second of the day thanks to a pass from junior Jessica Mazliah (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North).

·         Senior Nicole Belanger (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) also connected with Mazliah with that goal pulling New Haven as close as it would come in the contest.

·         Following Belanger's goal, the Panthers offense sparked into gear and scored six straight and eight of the final nine goals of the contest.

·         The lone New Haven goal down the stretch came from Cietek as she completed the hat trick, with all three of her scores coming on free position attempts.

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